They can be joined together in one long linear chain, or they may be branched.

This means that the call tree is a linear chain of nested calls.

The three craters form a linear chain along the equator.

This polyester does not form linear chains, but is built as a three-dimensional structure.

The linear chains place themselves parallel and form hydrogen bridges.

Newly made proteins usually must fold from a linear chain of amino acids into a three-dimensional form.

The largest molecules they can make with specific, complex patterns are all linear chains.

A polypeptide is a single linear chain of amino acids.

The final resin consists of linear polymeric chains in block-structures.

In this lake, at first a series of half-grabens were linked in a linear chain.